Solar hot water heating systems and Legionella (Legionnaire’s disease / Legionellosis) A new technical report on solar thermal heating systems using solar panels from Legionella Control InternationaI answers independently the twin questions of whether UK’s conventional approach to solar water heating installation complies with L8 (which is the UK Government code of practice and guidance [...]
- January 25, 2012 - Solar News 25 Jan 2012. New Solar Gold Rush as UK Government Loses Second PV FIT Cuts Case. - Solar PV FIT cuts news UK 25 January 2012. - 43.3p Solar PV FIT looks increasingly likely for a brief manic "use it or lose it" 5 week window. - Barrister Edmund Robb is confident that the Supreme Court will refuse the DECC’s second appeal and has... More →
- January 22, 2012 - UK Solar PV FIT Cuts: Appeal Court Judges Deliver Decision Wednesday 25 January. - Shivers are shaking UK's once sunshiney solar industry. Increasingly, tweeters are opining that 21p (rather than a reversion to 43.3p) is better for everyone because it will prevent a gold rush and excessive depletion of a limited subsidy budget.... More →
- January 19, 2012 - UK's DECC confirm "plan B" if they lose their solar PV FIT subsidy court case. - UK solar PV FIT cut plan B strategy: - More Solar Subsidy Clarity for UK Solar Photovoltaic Panels Consumers! Phew... - Legal summary: DECC has announced that it will be laying before Parliament some draft licence modifications which, subject to the... More →
- January 19, 2012 - ASA "Zero Carbon Solar" ban. We request Independent Review. - UK Solar Marketing News: 19 January 2012. - Following December's ASA decision to ban us from saying "Zero Carbon Solar", Solar Twin Ltd have requested an Independent Review, following up on some earlier expressions of concern, they have today... More →
- January 16, 2012 - Six GREAT reasons to order solar PV panels this week. - Solar news UK: Six good reasons to order solar PV this week. - Yes, this is a naked pitch for solar PV panel business. What, if anything you wear while reading this is up to you... - 1/ Guaranteed 21p minimum feed in tariff. In response to industry,... More →
- January 13, 2012 - Solar News 13 Jan 2011: UK Solar PV FITs Court Case Update. We Take The Wrappers OFF! - Solar PV FIT legal case UK update 13/1/2012. Looking at the assorted news stories, another period of waiting is due for the UK solar PV industry. Here is a collation of information culled from various sources. Many thanks for solar twitterers for... More →
VAT reduction to bring down the cost of DIY solar!
November 25, 2008
The imminent reduction in VAT from 17.5% to 15% on DIY solar water heating systems will boost the uptake of DIY solar water heating systems acording to Solar Twin Ltd, who are one of UK and Ireland’s leading suppliers of DIY solar heating system kits. “To celebrate the reduction we will be further discounting systems [...]
Solartwin’s appeal to join the European Solar Thermal Industries Federation
November 23, 2008
Below is Solartwin’s appeal to join the European Solar Thermal Industries Federation (ESTIF) which will be heard on Tuesday 2 December 2008. “As suppliers of innovative solar water heating systems, we had hoped that we would not have to wash the Solar Trade Association’s dirty Laundry in front of a European audience. But in the [...]
Solar Twin Ltd in major solar panel supply agreement with Bournville Trust
November 19, 2008
Solartwin solar water heating panels will soon give residents of a new green housing development in South Birmingham, England, lower energy bills thanks to their unique innovative heating system. 175 new south facing eco homes, part of a £25 million social housing project at Lower Shenley will be fitted with Solartwin’s innovative polymer solar panels [...]
Report on Solartwin installation seminar: Chester, UK, 11 Nov.
November 4, 2008
A great one day solar water heating panel installers training course was had by 25 people, including entrepreneurs, plumbers, academics, builders, and roofers. The sun even shone for a time in the morning (!) and despite the blustery wind, the solar panel we set up outdoors heated water from 10C to 55C in under 10 [...]
Solar News 25 Jan 2012. New Solar Gold Rush as UK Government Loses Second PV FIT Cuts Case.
Solar PV FIT cuts news UK 25 January 2012. 43.3p Solar PV FIT looks increasingly likely for a brief manic “use it or lose it” 5 week window. Barrister Edmund Robb is confident that the Supreme Court will refuse the DECC’s second appeal and has said so publicly. This would mean the full 43.3p solar [...]
UK Solar PV FIT Cuts: Appeal Court Judges Deliver Decision Wednesday 25 January.
Shivers are shaking UK’s once sunshiney solar industry. Increasingly, tweeters are opining that 21p (rather than a reversion to 43.3p) is better for everyone because it will prevent a gold rush and excessive depletion of a limited subsidy budget. Anyway’ here’s our take on the story: On Wednesday January 25, Some time after 10 am, [...]
UK’s DECC confirm “plan B” if they lose their solar PV FIT subsidy court case.
UK solar PV FIT cut plan B strategy: More Solar Subsidy Clarity for UK Solar Photovoltaic Panels Consumers! Phew… Legal summary: DECC has announced that it will be laying before Parliament some draft licence modifications which, subject to the Parliamentary process set out in the Energy Act 2008, make provision for a the new rates [...]
ASA “Zero Carbon Solar” ban. We request Independent Review.
UK Solar Marketing News: 19 January 2012. Following December’s ASA decision to ban us from saying “Zero Carbon Solar”, Solar Twin Ltd have requested an Independent Review, following up on some earlier expressions of concern, they have today published a summary of their concerns here. 1/ Complaint Identity. Having only been supplied with an assurance [...]
Six GREAT reasons to order solar PV panels this week.
Solar news UK: Six good reasons to order solar PV this week. Yes, this is a naked pitch for solar PV panel business. What, if anything you wear while reading this is up to you… 1/ Guaranteed 21p minimum feed in tariff. In response to industry, the government have just clarified that there is [...]
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